Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra Originally Published 1873

William Mason Brown (1828-1898) "Raspberries in a Wooded Landscape" Oil on canvas Located in the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

"I wish I had done everything on earth with you."

-F. Scott Fitzgerald

-Painting by Ron Hicks

— James Baldwin, "Untitled"

Castle seen from forest by Mark Ferrari.

Do you ever think about how many of the items now considered priceless artifacts were once commonplace items? The coins we now marvel at from behind the glass at a museum were once tossed around, stepped on, and traded around. The pottery painstakingly pieced back together was somebody’s favorite wine jug. The decorative pin now rusted and bent once held together the shoulder of someone’s chiton. History is simply a trail of ordinary people going about their day, and I think there’s an odd sort of beauty in that.

We Lived Happily During the War, Ilya Kaminsky

After Dark, Haruki Murakami

OCCUPATION: was High King of the Noldor

CAUSE OF DEATH: was High King of the Noldor

Don Valley Parkway, Toronto

"A thunderstorm. Irises purple against the clouds."

~ Virginia Woolf, A Writer's Diary (13th May 1935)